TAN CHEE WHUI & CHOOI CHEE YEEN

As some of you may know, I have been away for a business trip and now I just got back to the office.... loads of work to catch up on and now rolling out new projects .... (What? Crazy ar? No time leh ....). Anyway, we have invited our original 14 photographers to hold an online exhibition but I think that will be on one of our partner sites. We have asked them to do some PP and they can be as creative as they want .... That comes to the biggest question in the photographic circles (I guess) ... to PP or not to PP? PP actually means Post Processing, and in this modern age of technology and such ... it normally means Adobe Photoshop (isn't it now called creative studio???) or other programs like Lightroom, etc., etc. There are people out there that can even make your skin so smooth, (and cover up your flaws; like me and my 'strawberried' nose... Ha ha ha) you can put any facial center to shame .... that is what Post Processing is all about. Now, of course any ordinary person would love to look good in a photo and with PP-ing, as this can actually help you look good if not extremely beautiful/handsome.

But the question is, to what degree would you want to PP your pictures? To most 'old styled' photographers, PP can be, to some, a cardinal sin, but even in the old days of film, there were instruments and paint that you could use to PP your film (did you know that?). In today's terms, PP-ing provides a wonderful and convenient way for photographers to be more creative and innovative, flaws that appeared on the original shoot could be touched up at a moments notice, special effects could be added to transform the mood of the photos ... However, there is always this 'grey area' as to how much of the photo should be PP-ed? Hence our online exhibition, we will show you the before and after shots by the photographers themselves. You be the judge of that.....

'Nostalgia from a bygone era, waiting for my soul mate'

'A dreamy romance'

'Cooling off, under the fan'

'Who's there?'

'Touching - a tender moment'

Honestly, I never met Chee Whui and Chee Yeen, partly because they came on a Sunday (err... is that correct? Or I was too tied up?) so I was in constant contact with their photographer Wong Whye Kong ... in fact, he actually contacted me way way way back on 7 June 2008! I actually received their photos on 25 July 2008 (Not too shabby while waiting for him to take his picks) sent via email, and I must say, I was pleasantly surprised! Right up to now, I have not seen other types of poses or shots of this kind (with the exception of 1 shot/scene cause I saw a well known Malaysian photographer take similar shots) but I must say, really refreshing! Great! Sorry for not posting earlier, but the community project at that time just kicked into high gear. The couple looks very cheeky and I am sure they would be very bubbly too!! Anyway, to the future Mr. & Mrs. Tan, congratulations and may you have many many many years of wedded bliss! (oh errr ... or they married already?) If you would like to view more works from Wong Whye Kong, you can view his 'portfolio' here.

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WEDDING COUPLES - THE 'REAL' DEAL

Stepping out from my makeshift office door, I looked at the watch ... goodness, already 1.15 pm ... scheduled for a meet with Mr. John W. Ishii, Wesley Wong, Tommy Yap at 2.00 pm ... going to the photocopier to make some copies of our almost confirmed itinerary .... as I stepped out, I saw John and Wesley sitting at the bar having a drink (images of 'play it again Sam' flashes before my eyes, now what movie was that?) ... *wow, thats really early* ... so I hurried on the copier to try and make some copies, but whammie, a guest of the Hotel just lost her passport. She was supposed to take the bus to Penang at 1.00 pm, but missed it already. Great. So I had to deal with the situation and put John and Wesley on hold, luckily, there was still time ... after advising the guest on the next course of action, Tommy walks in, great, we can start the meeting then ... after the introductions, as I was just about to get comfy, whammie, a pre wedding couple comes in for a shoot without an appointment. Great. Getting rid of the formalities with the pre wedding couple, we adjourned to a table to discuss, or so I thought, whammie, the guest that lost their passports don't know what to do next, ok, so I advised them again and asked my chef to lend them a helping hand to send them to the Police Station cause I didn't drive today. Great. Its really tough at times to just juggle everything from blogging to work to these events... *sigh* Missed my lunch time too ... luckily after the meet, Tommy and Me secretly goes to mum mum!

Ok Ok! Now lets get down to the happier stuff! So now you know who our photographers are, but you don't know who our couples are ... well, our real couples were selected by our board of moderators (different board lar) after some screening and interviewing. They are not models. They are the real deal. Not imitations unlike Petaling Street ..... so photographers, please meet your going to wed couples. Our photographer picking board, please meet the couples. World, please meet our 3 selected couples for our community event on 10 August 2008!

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So what do you think? Pretty aren't they? Now its up to our photographers to perform. I personally would love to see what comes out! *can't wait!!! anxious .... *

Our Couples lounging around in Pretty In White.

I personally loved the atmosphere
in great company!

Now I can go and get some rest (Really? You gotta be kidding, got tonnes of backlog and more stuff of the event to tie up. Geez ....) Oh, btw, I will not be posting anything about the event proper, you will have to navigate and wait for www.dailylifestyles.com. However, post event, I will, on this blog, hold an 'electronic exhibition' of sorts of the photographers, one by one ... so my dear photographers, you better start eye and finger exercises now! Also get an early night on Saturday and skip your usual hangouts at the pubs ok?